Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bridge over River Clydach to S of Neath Abbey
Dyffryn Clydach, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Neath Abbey, Neath, Dyffryn Clydach, Neath Port Talbot, designated on 22 December 2003.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 22 December 2003
- Locality
- Neath Abbey
- Town
- Neath
- Community
- Dyffryn Clydach
- Unitary authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.65938, -3.82552
- Cadw reference
- 82340
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 247 Swansea (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated crossing the River Clydach some 120m S of Neath Abbey ruins.
History
Bridge over River Clydach probably earlier C19. Unusual for being faced in square cast blocks of furnace slag.
Exterior
Bridge, single arch with cut stone voussoirs and rubble stone parapet, the rest of the bridge facing of squared blocks of ironworks slag, some blocks with relief markings IIV and VI. One quarter of the facing on NE quadrant has fallen into the canal.
Reason for designation
Listed for its historic interest as an earlier C19 bridge, unusual for being faced in square cast blocks of furnace slag. Group value with nearby canal structures also incorporating slag blocks.
Nearby in the register
- Clydach Aqueduct on Tennant CanalTransportunder 1 mi
- Bridge over Tennant Canal to S of entrance to Neath AbbeyTransportunder 1 mi
- Neath AbbeyAbbeyunder 1 mi
- The Smiths ArmsCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.